Game apparatus



Aug. 12 1924. 1,504,605

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PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAMJE. CLAUSEN, 0F MELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS.

' GAME APPARATUS.

Application filed January 31, 1922 Serial No. 532,997.

To all whom it may concern,-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. CLAUsEN, of Melrose, in. the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to apparatus for a parlor game comprising a board or table of peculiar construction representing a field and a number of elements which maybe placed and moved according to'the rules of the game to be played, representing, for example goal posts and men and one or more sliding members representing balls or the like which may be knocked about on the table by a stick representing, for example, a hockey stick, the number of elements depending upon the game to be played.

My invention will be understood by reference to the drawings in which it is shown in its preferred form.

Figure 1 is a plan of a board showing the elements arranged for beginning a game of hockey to be played according to certain rules to be suggested hereinafter.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows in perspective one of the elements representing the players or men.

Fig. at is a similar view of one of the goal posts.

gig. 5 is a perspective view of a puck, an t Fig. 6 is a similar view of the which the puck is propelled.

The board may be made of wood and say 18 inches by 24 inches surrounded by a moulding a of sufficient height to prevent the puck from sliding off the board. The board has preferably a large number of holes a in it scattered throughout the field represented by the said board and preferably in staggered arrangement and at a given distance apart as below described.

B, B are men having enlarged bodies a and from. which project pins b of proper size to fit into the holes a 0, C are posts having bodies 0 and pins 0 also of proper size to fit into the holes a These units are characterized in some way to distinguish them from the ,men, for example, by being difl'erently colored or, as shown in the drawings, by being taller and in the game of hockey are intended to be used as goal posts, as shown in the drawings, or a number of them may be used as croquet wickstick by sufiicie-ntly far apart so that when two adjacent holes are filled with men or posts or one of each the puck may be moved between them.

The men B differ from the men B only in having some distinguishing mark, either of color or, as shown, by identifying marks on their top so as to distinguish the men on one side from those on the other.

The rules by which these game implements may be used may be made and varied at pleasure.

As shown, the board is set for beginning a game of hockey, C, C being the goal posts at onelend ofthe board between which the puck must be propelled to win the game, C C being the goal posts at the other end. In like manner men B, B are arranged at one end of the board to guard the goal posts C C the puck D being placed in the middle of the board.

The game of hockey may, for example, be played as follows: The player having the men B and goal C, C on winning the toss, moves a man into what seems to him a favorable position near the goal C C The other player moves one of his men into position anywhere 011 the field or board where he thinks the chances of his getting the puck will be good. The first player hits the puck D with the foot 6 of the stick to a point near the man he has moved. If the puck stops nearer his man than to one of his opponents he can then move another of his men up near his opponents goal. His opponent then moves one of his men into advantageous position to block, if possible, the passage of the puck between his goal posts. The first player then plays the puck again, and the game goes on as above until the puck played by the first player stops nearer one of his opponents men than his own, when his opponent has a right to move one of his men first, after which the first player moves one of his men. The opponent then strikes ;the puck toward the first players goal at the other end of the board, and the play pro ceeds as before. Each player will endeavor to propel the puck between the goal postsof his opponent and the right to play and-first move of men after each play changesfrom one side to the other or not according to the position in which the puck; stops after a; play. The possession of the puck is with himwhose man it stops nearest.

The above suggests a game which is lll't'elE esting'and requires considerable skill. Other games may beplayed upon the board-, the

number of pie'cesand their marking depend ing upon the game to be played. For eX ain le -afnumber of ieces G C ma be set up'inrt he positions of croquet stakes and wviclrets-and a number of differently colored shown.

disksID maybe used to representballs, each player. being provided with a stick-bywhich to propel the balls. Moreover, the board maybe made: of a different shape from that My invention does not depend upon the number of units'emplojyed but upon a board with units of-the' kind described, the numher of which Will depend'upon the game to V removabl-y held in saidIholes'and adapted toIserveas goals'or wickets, two distinguishablesets of men also fitted to be removably h'e'ldvin said holes so that they may be placed to occupy any desired positions on the field of said board, and one or more disks adapted tobe propelled over the board, said disks being of such size that they may pass between'th'e men or posts fitted in said spacedapart holes.

2. A game apparatus comprising a board provided with holes scattered throughout the surface or field thereof and properly spaced apart, a plurality of posts fitted to be removably held in said holes and adapted to serve as goals or wickets, two distinguishable sets of men also fitted to be removably held in said holes so that they may be placed to occupy any desired positions on the field of said board, one or more disks adapted to be propelled over the board, said disks being of such size that they may pass between the men or posts fitted in said spaced-apart holes, and an instrument for propelling said disk or disks over the field of said board.

3. Agame apparatus comprising aboard provided with holes scattered throughout the surface or field thereof and properly spaced apart, a plurality of posts fitted to be removably held in said holes and adapted to serve as goals or wickets, and two distinguishable sets of men also fitted to be removably held in said holes so that they may be placed to occupy any desired positions on the fieldof saidboard.

WILLIAM CLAUSEN. 

